Posts Tagged ‘MEDICAL MARIJUANA’

By Shira Schoenberg | sschoenberg@repub.com An advocacy group for medical marijuana patients is pushing the state to eliminate its requirement that medical marijuana dispensaries grow their own marijuana.Michael Latulippe, of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said he thinks the medical program should be brought in line with requirements for the state’s newly legal recreational market,…

By Cesareo Contreras Daily News Staff Posted Feb 11, 2019 at 3:49 PM Updated Feb 11, 2019 at 8:21 PMHUDSON – Starting Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., a medical marijuana dispensary in town will be expanding its clientele by opening its second retail shop in Massachusetts.“With the weather we are expecting Tuesday night, it may…

By Daniel Schemer / Contributing WriterPosted Jan 31, 2019 at 3:01 AM MIDDLEBORO — Right now, nearby cities and towns such as Wareham and Fall River are getting a lot of attention and potential tax revenue pouring in as Massachusetts’ first wave of marijuana retail sales dispensaries open shop.In Wareham, for example, business is so…

Massachusetts’ medical marijuana program is now being governed by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission, but MMJ businesses in the state shouldn’t expect much change.The move brings both the recreational and medical cannabis programs under the control of the same agency.The health department had been regulating the state’s medical cannabis market since sales began in 2015.The…

The Cannabis Control Commission will take over oversight of the medical marijuana program at the end of the year. By Mike Plaisance mplaisance@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — Public comments will be accepted until Oct. 29 about the Massachusetts medical marijuana program, which will be getting a change in oversight. “Patients, nurses, doctors, others: now is the time to…

Although exorbitant, the marijuana-based drug’s FDA approval means that its cost can be partially covered by health insurance. Source: Epidiolex, First Cannabis Medicine Approved by the FDA, Will Cost $32,500 a Year – NEWS

Governor Mary Fallin has threatened to convene a state legislature special session in order to add restrictions to the voter-approved measure. Source: Oklahoma Voters Approve the Country’s Most Progressive Medical Cannabis Program – News